Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator — Question 187

The VP of Sales at Universal Containers has reported that users are changing the stage of opportunity records that they do NOT own. The VP wants only the owner of an opportunity to be able to change the Stage of an Opportunity. Organization-Wide Defaults are set to public read/write.
Which validation rule should the administrator use to allow only the record owner to edit the stage field?

Answer options

• A. AND( ISCHANGED( StageName ) , OwnerId <>; $User.Id )
• B. AND( PRIORVALUE( StageName ) , OwnerId <>; $User.Id )
• C. NOT( PRIORVALUE( StageName ) , OwnerId = $User.Id )
• D. NOT( ISCHANGED( StageName ) , OwnerId = $User.Id )

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer, A, effectively checks if the StageName has changed and confirms that the current user is not the owner, thus preventing unauthorized changes. Option B incorrectly uses PRIORVALUE which does not serve the requirement of stopping changes from non-owners. Options C and D also do not correctly enforce the rule as they either fail to address changes or incorrectly validate against ownership.